The two sessions are designed to provide an intensive and in-depth experience for serious students aged 16-28.
Each participant receives eight 45-minute lessons during a two-week session and has the opportunity to perform in several masterclasses.
Please note: All participants receive instruction through private lessons and/or master classes from all teachers for their instrument in any given session.
All participants will be sent a list of suggested repertoire to prepare several weeks before the beginning of the program in order to fully take advantage of what the program has to offer.
VIOLIN - Session 1
June 19: The Art of the Etude (Muresanu)
June 20 The Art of the Cadenza (Zazofsky)
June 21 Romantic sonatas (Muresanu)
June 22 Vibrato: incidental, expressive, or none at all (Zazofsky)
June 23 Beyond the notes: the possibility of Art (Chang)
June 24 Mozart’s elegance (Chang)
June 25 Bach: elements of Baroque Style – class #1 (Jolles)
June 26 Bach: elements of Baroque Style – class #2 (Jolles)
June 27 The (lost) art of the glissando (Chang)
June 28 “Worming” your way around the fingerboard: hand frame, extensions and contractions (Jolles)
June 29 Bow strokes (Lewis)
June 30 Scale gymnasium (Lansdale)
July 1 The concerti of Mendelssohn, Bruch, and Lalo (Lewis)
July 2 Short pieces for violin (Lansdale)
VIOLIN - Session 2
July 6 The French etudes: Gavinies, Rode, Kreutzer (Grossman)July 7 Brahms sonatas (Yon)
July 8 Mozart concerti (Grossman)
July 9 “I got rhythm!” Using rhythmic strategies with Kreutzer #2 to build bow/left hand Coordination (Yon)
July 10 Pick a spot (Grossman)
July 11 Romantic shifting in Bruch Concerto 2nd movement (Yon)
July 12 Exploring bow strokes from Mozart to Brahms (Grossman)
July 13 Scale system study: Galamian, Flesch, Barber, Hrimaly (Grossman)
July 14 Solo Bach class (van der Sloot)
July 15 Extended techniques (Grossman)
July 16 Concerto class (van der Sloot)
July 17 Performance preparation practice (Grossman)
July 18 Works by Sarasate, Kreisler, Wieniawski (van der Sloot)
July 19 Unaccompanied works for violin (Grossman)
CELLO - Session 1
June 19 Brahms sonatas (Tetel)
June 20 Shostakovich Sonata and Concerto #1 (Bjella)
June 21 Romantic concerto class (Tetel)
June 22 Orchestral excerpts class (Bjella)
June 23 Bow techniques for Baroque repertoire (Carrai)
June 24 The Preludes of the solo Bach suites (Carrai)
June 25 Shifting: when, why, and how? (Tetel)
June 26 Dance movements of the solo Bach suites (Carrai)
June 27 What the Beethoven sonatas teach us about the bow (Mark)
June 28 Haydn concerti: finding elegance and simplicity in spite of the technical difficulties (Mark)
June 29 Popper etudes class (Tetel)
June 30 The joys and challenges of short, lyrical pieces (Baldwin)
July 1 General repertoire class (Tetel)
July 2 Developing vibrato: finding ease, pitch clarity, and infinite emotional range (Baldwin)
CELLO - Session 2
July 6 General repertoire (Tetel)
July 7 Works by Russian composers (Kouzov)
July 8 Solo Bach class #1 (Tetel)
July 9 Beethoven sonatas (Kouzov)
July 10 Solo Bach class #2 (Tetel)
July 11 Etudes class (Kouzov)
July 12 How to use bow speed, vibrato intensity and timing to clarify character (Tetel)
July 13 Haydn concerti (Doane)
July 14 Romantic cello sonatas (York)
July 15 Romantic and 20th Century concerti (Doane)
July 16 Orchestral excerpts class (Tetel)
July 17 The short piece: a study in character (Balderston)
July 18 General repertoire (Tetel)
July 19 Your musical DNA: vibrato, tone, color, interpretation (Balderston)
CLARINET
June 19 Debussy’s Premiere Rhapsody: The intersection of character, expression and technique (Samuels)
June 20 The final round: Kodaly’s Dances of Galanta, Respighi’s Pines of Rome, Stravinsky’s The Firebird, Bartol’s Miraculous Mandarin, Rachmaninoff’s Symphony #2 (Samuels)
June 21 Finger buster excerpts: Firebird, Shostakovich #1 and #9, etc. (Patterson)
June 22 Clarity of execution and expression: the orchestral excerpts of Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Brahms (Samuels)
June 23 Mozart Concerto for auditions (Patterson)
June 24 (Patterson) Mock audition
June 25 Rose etudes (Patterson)
June 26 Infinite lessons from Weber’s Concertino op. 26 (Silver)
June 27 Brahms: Romantic AND Classical! (Silver)
June 28 Cross-training for your brain: why you are not making efficient progress (Silver)
June 29 Works by French Composers: Poulenc, Saint-saens, Messager (Fiterstein)
June 30 Rhythmic integrity in the Mozart Concerto (Kang)
July 1 Articulation in Stravinsky’s Three Pieces (Fiterstein)
July 2 Eliott Carter – Gra, and Kovacs – Hommage (Kang)
FLUTE – Session 1
June 19 The French style: Taffanel, Gaubert, Faure, Enesco, Dutilleux, Jolivet (Grim)
June 20 The incredible value of Moyse’s 24 Small Melodic Etudes (Feller)
June 21 Telemann Fantasies and the Baroque performance practice (Grim)
June 22 Martin – Ballade (Feller)
June 23 Exploring tradition through color, articulation, and style in the works of Piazzolla, Zyman, Takemitsu, Esmail (Grim)
June 24 Bringing your body fully into your practice (Feller)
June 25 General repertoire (Grim)
June 26 The lyrical orchestral flutist: Brahms’s 4th Symphony and L’Apres Midi d’un Faun by Debussy (Keeble)
June 27 FUNdamentals (Barth)
June 28 The virtuoso orchestral flutist: Beethoven’s Leonore Overture #3, Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf (Keeble)
June 29 Lyricism (Barth)
June 30 The colors and technique of Daphnis et Chloe (Keeble)
July 1 Mock auditions (Keeble/Barth)
July 2 Mock auditions (Keeble/Barth)
FLUTE – Session 2
July 6 Air management: Breathe bigger and easier - the pedagogy of Arnold Jacobs (Still)
July 7 Andersen 15 Etudes (Toote)
July 8 Long breath orchestral excerpts: Debussy’s L’Apres Midi d’un Faun, Mendelssohn’s Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hindemith’s Metamorphosen (Still)
July 9 20th Century French repertoire: Sancan, Dutilleux, Poulenc, Messiaen, etc. (Toote)
July 10 Orchestral excerpts from Beethoven works: Symphonies #3, 4,7 plus Leonore Overture #3 (Still)
July 11 American flute works by Burton, Muczynski, Copland, etc. (Toote)
July 12 Supreme legato excerpts: Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloe, Brahms’ 4th Symphony, Bizet’s Carmen (Still)
July 13 Mozart concerti class #1 (Boyd)
July 14 Bach sonatas (Shin)
July 15 Mozart concerti class #2 (Boyd)
July 16 Chaminade Concertino (Shin)
July 17 General repertoire (Boyd)
July 18 Mock auditions (Boyd/Shin)
July 19 Mock auditions (Boyd/Shin)